This is the story of Jim Harrison's captivating heroine, Dalva, and her peculiar and remarkable family. It encompasses the voices of Dalva's grandfather, John Northridge, the austere half-Sioux patriarch; Naomi, the widow of his favourite son and namesake; Paul, the first Northridge son, who lived in the shadow of his brother; and Nelse, the son taken from Dalva at birth who has now returned to find her. It is a family history drenched in suffering and joy, imbued with fierce independence and love, rooted in the Nebraska soil, and intertwined with the destiny of whites and Native Americans in the American West. Epic in scope, stretching from the close of the nineteenth century to the present day, The Road Home is a stunning and trenchant novel written with humour, humanity, and an inimitable evocation of the American spirit.

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'One of the greatest modern storytellers in American literature at the peak of his formidable form in this epic, multi-generational saga, both prequel and sequel to his earlier Dalva. The century-spanning story of the Northridge family, set in the startling wilds of Nebraska, is full of wonderful writing and characters whose lives become part of the fabric of your own. Unforgettable.' Sunday Times

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From the author of Legends of the Fall and Dalva comes an epic American saga - 'Jim Harrison is a writer with immortality in him' Sunday Times

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I know a lot of women tend to hate Jim Harrison. I am most decidedly not one of them: he's one of my absolute favorite authors, and his death his past year hit me very hard.

This book is a continuation of the story of Dalva, with the additional voices of her grandfather and her son. As funny and poignant as Dalva, and Harrison once again demonstrates his skill with very different narrative styles for each of the characters' first-person thoughts and writings.

This is not a book in its "normal " sense. This is a beautyfull flowing river of ideas and thoughts and happenings, about life and our role in it and in everything that surrounds us, absolutely stunnibgly written ( several parts, several thoughts, several phrases ara real anthology material )

A great book, to be slowly read ( mind, things happen, there is no "boring element in it " ) and enoyed, like a fine cup of coffe or a special cigar.

4,0 su 5 stelleHis immersion of characters in nature appeals very much to me --even though his facts are often not quite right he manages to co

30 aprile 2015 - Pubblicato su Amazon.com

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Harrison portrays the range of emotion of one inclined toward depression and constant introspection very well. This theme runs deeply through many of his books. His immersion of characters in nature appeals very much to me --even though his facts are often not quite right he manages to convey complexity and the often indescribable power of quiet in nature pretty well. His women are more interesting than his men -- which makes me wonder, as a man, if I am enthralled with the idea that a man can understand a woman's nature and write well about it -- a realm which is unfathomable to me. His constant reminder of America's treatment of the native population, coupled with his disdain for moneyed hierarchy causes the reader to reflect as there's no escaping these deeply explored themes in his books as well.

5,0 su 5 stelleHarrison reveals our country to us as it is not as we would wish it to be

11 maggio 2013 - Pubblicato su Amazon.com

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A continuation of the characters in Dalva with more backstory details. It is a major American masterpiece that reflects the influence of Faulkner. Nebraska is turned into the scene of Native Americans, the US State apparatus, and the settlers living and homesteading there through the backstory. Sitting Bull, Black Elk, Crazy Horse and others come alive through their relationship with Northridge who tries vainly to save the Sioux and his beliefs and integrity churning within him. And the future generations are affected as "even unto the seventh generation....." flows the tale. Do not miss this book. And start with DALVA.

4,0 su 5 stelleIts like reading (and understanding) a book on philosophy while riding ...

26 settembre 2016 - Pubblicato su Amazon.com

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The style of writing presents itself as rambling and even convoluted at times and yet offers a clarity of ideas that keeps the story together. Its like reading (and understanding) a book on philosophy while riding a raft along a meandering river that occasionally churns into rapids. Not an easy read, but not an unpleasant one, either...